Match-machine



No. 6|l,526. Patented Sept. 27, I898.

B. T. STEBER. MATCH MACHINE.

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BERNARD T. STEBER, OF UTIGA, NEW YORK.

MATCH-MACHINE,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 611,526, dated September 27, 1898. Application filed May 28, 1898. Serial No; 682,018. (No model.)

T0 00% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD T. STEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

'My invention relates to improvements in match-machines, but more particularly to that class of machines which are provided with cutters'and adapted to cut match-splints from blocks of wood and deposit the same in carriers suitably constructed to receive the same.

The object of my invention is to provide such a machine with means for preventing the match-splints from slipping in the cutter when they are being forced into the carrier.

The invention consists in providing a pivotally-mounted abutment-block adapted to rock outwardly beneath the match-splints in the cutter head and vertically arranged rocking-cams for returning the abutmentblock to its normal position out of the way of the descent of the cutter, the construction and arrangement being such that the splints are supported and prevented from slipping when they are being forced into the carrier, as will be hereinafter described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section through a match-machine having a cutter provided with my improved abutment-block. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the machine, partly in section, showing splints supported and ready to be deposited in the carrier, the latter not being shown; and Fig. 3 is a top plane view of a portion of the machine, showing the means for actuating th operating-cams.

A in the drawings represents my improved abutment-block, and B the cutter for trimming the edge of the block after each cut.

0 represents a cutter for cutting the splints, and C the cutter-head for carrying the same.

In cutting splints for matches in machines which use a reciprocating cutter adapted to operate upon blocks of wood conveyed to the erated by any suitable gearing.

same and to carry the splints thus cut to a carrier and force them into the same I have found it advantageous and sometimes necessary to provide a means which shall automatically support the said splints in the cutter when they are being forced into the said carrier. This is equally applicable to carriers which are formed of plates or slats having merely apertures formed therein to receive the ends of the splints, or whether the carrier is composed of slats which are adapted to be separated for receiving the match-splints and retain the same between them by means of spring-pressure.

In carrying out my invention I employ an abutment-block, as A, which is preferably mounted on the cutter-head, as at a, a suitable distance below the cutter, sufficient space being left beneath the cutter for the abutmenteblock to be rocked back out of the way when the cutter is operating upon a block of wood. As illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the abutment-block is preferably adapted to be forced outwardly upon its pivotal point by means of a spring a, secured to the cutter-head and engaging the upper portion of the abutment-block. It will be seen by this construction that when the cutter is free from the block of wood upon which it is operating the abutment-block will normally project beneath the same, and thereby support the matchsplints in it.

In order to return the abutmentblock to a position where it will not obstruct the cutter as it engages the blocks of wood, I preferably employ vertical cam-rollers, as D D, mounted upon either side of the machine in suitable bearings, and provide them with lever-arms, as d d. These lever-arms are connected by means of a link, as 01, so that both cam-rollers will be operated simultaneously. Upon one of the levers d a projection, as (P, is provided, which is adapted to engage a slot, as

01 formed in a cam 01, which cam is mounted upon a suitable shaft in the machine and op- Upon. the

rotation of this cam the pin or projection d traveling in the slot 01 will operate-to rock the cam-rollers D at the proper time to force the abutment-block out of the way during the cutting operation.

I also contemplate using a knife or cutting edge, as B, secured to the cutter-head 0 immediately below the abutment-block A, to trim the block of wood upon the descent of the cutter-head. While I contemplate using a spring to force the abutment-block out and cam-rollers to rock it back, yet it will be apparent that the abutment-block maybe so mounted upon the cutter-head that it will fall forward beneath the row of splints'by the action of gravity. This will be accomplished by having the preponderating weight of the abutment-block to one side of the pivotal point, so that its normal position will be forward when not held back by the camrollers.

It will be apparent that an ab utment-block pivoted to the cutter-head below the overhanging cutter a little to one side of the line of cut will when thrown forward beneath the ends of the splints for supporting the same throw the strain or weight of the splints almost directly upon the pivotal point of the abutment-block. In an abutment-block of this character it will of course be apparent that no guideways are needed for directing this movement.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a match-machine, the combination with a suitable frame, of a cutter-head, a cutter mounted thereon, a rocking abutmentblock pivoted below the cutter, means for rocking the abutment-block outwardly beneath the cutter and oscillating eccentric cams for rocking the abutment-blook back out of the way of the cutter,substantially as described. g

2. In a match-machine, the combination with a suitable frame, of a cutterhead, a rocking abutment-block, pivoted on the cutterhead beneath the cutter, springs for forcing the abutment-block outwardly beneath the cutter and oscillating eccentric cams for rocking the abutment-block out of the way of the cutter, substantially as described.

3. In a matchmachine, the combination with a suitable frame, of a cutter-head, a cutter mounted thereon,'a rocking abutmentblock pivoted below the cutter, means for rocking the abutment-block outwardly beneath the cutter, oscillating eccentric cams for rocking the abutment-block back out of the way of the cutter and a knife-edge below the said abutment-block for trimming the shavings from the block of wood operated upon, substantially as described.

4. In a match-machine, the combination with a suitable frame, of a cutter-head, a cutter mounted thereon, a movable abutmentblock mounted below the cutter, means for moving the abutment-block outwardly beneath the cutter, and oscillating eccentric cams for moving the abutment-block back out of the way of the cutter, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

, BERNARD T. STEBER.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN STEBER, GEO. S. HUGHES. 

